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Not to long ago I got the chance to use key limes for the first time and I used them to make a key lime pie . This weekend I stumbled across meyer lemons for the first time and I grabbed some right away. I had been hearing about meyer lemons for a long time and I had been wanting to try them. A meyer lemon is a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange which sounded like a great combination. I really like using lemons in desserts and one of my favorites is the simple lemon bar. A lemon bar is a bar with a shortbread crust and a layer of lemon custard topped with icing sugar. I was thinking that meyer lemon bars be would be the perfect place to start enjoying my meyer lemons. I used a pretty standard recipe for the lemon bars that I found of Joy of Baking and I just substituted the lemon juice and zest for meyer lemon juice and zest. They meyer lemon bars were nice and simple to make though I did run into one small snag; I had some trouble getting the bars out of the baking pan. No worries though, the crumbled lemon bars were still great! I really enjoyed the meyer lemon bars and the meyer lemon flavour was a nice change from ordinary lemons. I am still surprised that something so naturally tart as a lemon can become so magically good in sweet dessert like this. The next time I make these lemon bars I think I might double the recipe for the lemon filling to get even more lemony goodness in each bite. For now, I still have a few meyer lemon left to enjoy.

Meyer Lemon Bars

Servings: 16

ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)

1/4 cup confectioners sugar

1 cup all purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs (room temperature)

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

confectioners sugar

directions

Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl.

Mix in the flour and salt until it comes together.

Press it down into a greased 8 inch square baking pan.

Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

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Lemon Bars is one of my most favorite things to make in the summer, they are so easy, flaky, light and have such a bright and refreshing lemon taste. I have never used the Meyer lemon, does it have a different taste?

Your lemon bar looks delicious. I also baked up a batch of lemon bars a few days ago. With a whopping 1 c. of lemon juice and a couple of heaping tablespoons of lemon zest, they were the pucker-iest lemon bars I had ever tasted!I bet with the Meyer lemons you get a sweeter, mellower zing, right?

love seeing all these citrus recipes at the moment! i made lime bars a while back and they were great. unfortunately i do not find meyer lemons so often here - but have to try this with my organic lemons!

Yummy! I had never heard of meyer lemons until I started on the food blogging scene, but they are so good in things like this. I have a friend who always pops her pan into the freezer for a few minutes before cutting her lemon bars, and swears it helps her get a cleaner cut. Not sure if it works, but she insists it does.

So on a bought of boredom, I went and looked at what you made when you first started. A lot of them still look good, but I was blown away by how much you photography/equipment has improved. That makes me feel a lot better about my own because I hope to improve...

What a coincidence, like you, i stumble upon meyer lemons and it was on sale $1 for a bag of 8. I was thinking of making a dessert out of it and this looks good. I do have a recipe for lemon bars but i'll give yours a try. Thanks!

Hi, Kevin! Just wanted you to know that i made the meyer lemon bars. It was a hit both in my family and at work. I did made some adjustments w/ the sugar coz i found it sweet on my first batch so i cut down a little bit on the sugar on my second batch and i added some candied lemon slices for garnish. Pls check my blog http://bisayajudkaayo.blogspot.com/2009/03/meyer-lemon-bars-with-candied-meyer.html.Thanks for the recipe!

Just used your recipe. A co-worker gave me a bunch of meyer lemons from his tree, and this was just the right thing to do with them. The bars came out great. I put a little vanilla and zest in the shortbread. Yum. Next time I am thinking of trying some lavender. Thanks so much for posting this recipe!

I found Meyer lemons at Trader Joe's and made these yesterday. First time baking anything and... turned out really awesome. I lined my pan with parchment paper and it was easy to take it out of the pan. One comment: next time I need to double up on the recipe. Yummy yummy!

I love lemons and anything made with lemons. If I'm lucky enough and my timing is right, I've found some Mayer Lemons at Costco and make my lemon bars, lemon pound cakes and lemon curds and anything else lemon with them. I personally prefer Mayer Lemons over regular lemons, I find they taste more lemony( if that's a word). I can't wait to make this recipe.

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